BWW Reviews: Love! Sex! Torture! The Met's TOSCA Has Everything (Great Music, Too)
by Richard Sasanow - November 04, 2013 Maybe next time around, the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager Peter Gelb will hire film director Quentin Tarantino to do a production of Puccini's TOSCA. With its sordid story, self-involved diva and torture-happy, sex-crazed police chief--based on a Sarah Bernhardt vehicle by Victorien Sardou--t...
STYLE POP with Jeannie Mai and Louise Roe to Debut on Style, 6/6
by Tyler Peterson - May 22, 2013 Style Media premieres its first-ever live, weekly topical series 'Style Pop' on Thursday, June 6 at 8:00 pm ET/tape delay PT. Hosted by style guru Jeannie Mai and fashion maven Louise Roe, this half-hour series will go behind the fashion lines and in front of the latest trends in fashion and pop cul...
NBC Tops Competition with AGT and DNC Coverage
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2012 NBC (7.22 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.0, #1) took home top honors with a special Thursday edition of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (7.60 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #4) followed by its two-hour 'NBC News Special' (7.03 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2)....
SOUND OFF: SMASH Casts Its Marilyn
by Pat Cerasaro - February 14, 2012 Last night, SMASH cast Marilyn Monroe in the big Broadway musical based on her life at the show's center. Or, did they? While Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) may have done whatever it took to make an impression on the show's lothario director, Derek (Jack Davenport), it was Ivy's long-standing friendship wit...
BIG BROTHER Brings Thursday Night Ratings Victory to CBS
by Caryn Robbins - August 17, 2012 CBS (6.25 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.8, #T1) was the most-watched network on Thursday thanks to its mix of 'The Big Bang Theory' (8.09 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2), 'Two and a Half Men' (6.85 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #3), 'Big Brother 14' (6.31 million viewers...
ABC Wins Thursday Ratings Race With WIPEOUT Special
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2012 ABC (6.41 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.9, #1) pulled in front on Thursday with a special two-hour WIPEOUT (6.74 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.2, #T1) and a new 'Rookie Blue'....
The Bush Dilemma Has The Art World's Panties in a Bunch
by Barry Kostrinsky - April 11, 2014 The art world has its panties in a bunch. George Bush has entered some hallowed halls through a side door. Powerful teams of married art writers are reviewing his painted portraits of world leaders he met while playing president. Lady Gaga and Jay-Z were allowed in at the top of the art world for a ...
BWW Recap: Dunphys Deal with an Eyesore of a Boat, & More, on MODERN FAMILY
by Matt Smith - January 15, 2015 In the Dunphy household, Claire vows to fight back against new neighbors Ronnie and Amber, for parking their boat—which she calls an “eyesore”—in their driveway. When she and Phil go to see them about the issue, and they don't back down, Phil calls his father (Fred Willard), and a few of Frank's fri...
SOUND OFF: SMASH Casts Its Marilyn
by Pat Cerasaro - February 14, 2012 Last night, SMASH cast Marilyn Monroe in the big Broadway musical based on her life at the show's center. Or, did they? While Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) may have done whatever it took to make an impression on the show's lothario director, Derek (Jack Davenport), it was Ivy's long-standing friendship wit...
BWW Reviews: Theatre 40 Stages a Richly Intelligent EDUCATING RITA
by Don Grigware - May 27, 2014 When I first saw the film of Educating Rita in the early 80s I was captivated by Julie Walters. It made the Brit actress an international star. Now at Theatre 40 Willy Russell's play Educating Rita receives a handsome staging with another captivating beauty Murielle Zuker. It's a two-character play ...
Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield et al to Present at 2012 MTV MOVIE AWARDS, 6/3
by Caryn Robbins - May 09, 2012 MTV today announced the first line up of presenters for the 2012 MTV MOVIE AWARDS which includes Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg....
2018/2019 at Pittsburgh Public Theater Welcomes New Artistic Director, Marya Sea Kaminski
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2018 Pittsburgh Public Theater's new Artistic Director, Marya Sea Kaminski, has assembled a collection of plays - some epic and timeless, others fresh and intimate - that invite us into the idea of home. These characters search for where they belong, who they love, and how they make a place for their fam...
WAG! THE MUSICAL Starring Tim Flavin, Lizzie Cundy, Pippa Fulton Opens at Charing Cross, July 18
by Christina Mancuso - May 30, 2013 The production will be directed and staged by Alison Pollard, with lighting design by Simon Lord, sound design by Peter Hargreaves, set design Charles Camm and produced by Peter Frosdick and Paul Nicholas....
BWW Reviews: DOGFIGHT Fails to Live Up to Beck-Baldwin Wallace Past Productions
by Roy Berko - February 25, 2015 Beck Center for the Arts and Baldwin Wallace's Musical Theatre Program have, for the past four years, collaborated to produce some outstanding productions. CARRIE, SPRING AWAKENING and NEXT TO NORMAL all received Cleveland Critic Circle and Times Tribute recognitions....
Contestants Face Off Against Ultimate Pest on GSN's MAN V FLY Tonight!
by Caryn Robbins - August 12, 2015 GSN takes a bold step forward into the world of sports, with an event which will be more hotly contested than the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight - the debut of MAN V FLY, where contestants face off against the ultimate pest in the ultimate test....
Finborough Theatre Presents ALL GOOD MEN, Now thru May 14
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2012 The Finborough Theatre presents the first UK production in nearly 40 years of Trevor Griffiths' All Good Men, last seen at the Young Vic in a production by the National Theatre in 1975, and opening at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of eight Sunday and Monday evening performances tonight, 2...
Review Roundup: THE MONEY SHOT Opens Off-Broadway
by Review Roundups - September 22, 2014 MCC Theater presents the world premiere of MCC Playwright-in-Residence Neil LaBute's new play, The Money Shot, directed by Terry Kinney, extended due to popular demand now through October 19, 2014. The Money Shot stars Emmy Award nominee Elizabeth Reaser, Golden Globe nominee Callie Thorne, Frederic...
BWW Review: LIFE SUCKS at Lookingglass … or does it?
by Teresa Budasi - October 03, 2016 Lookingglass Theatre's season opener, the ironically life-affirming LIFE SUCKS, might as well have been titled 'Love Sucks,' because every character's issues stem from that all-encompassing drive to connect with the person with whom they think completes them....
BIG BANG, BIG BROTHER Put CBS on Top
by Caryn Robbins - August 31, 2012 with its mix of THE BIG BANG THEORY (7.79 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2), 'Two and a Half Men' (6.66 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #3), BIG BROTHER 14 (6.51 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.3, #1) and its 'CBS News Special'...
Steep Theatre's 14th Season to Feature Regional Premieres and Directors Jonathan Berrie, Joanie Schultz, and Robin Witt
by Louisa Brady - August 05, 2014 Steep Theatre's upcoming Fourteenth Season features a slate of four premieres directed by a lineup of Chicago's hottest directors. Steep Artistic Associates Jonathan Berry, Joanie Schultz, and Robin Witt, who have accounted for some of Steep's most memorable shows in recent years, return home to di...
Demi Lovato to Perform at MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS Pre-Show
by Caryn Robbins - August 28, 2012 MTV announced today that singer-songwriter superstar Demi Lovato will kick things off with a live performance of her top five hit 'Give Your Heart A Break' in front of hundreds of screaming fans at the '2012 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS PRE-SHOW, presented by State Farm(R) on Thursday, September 6 at 7:0...
Road Less Traveled Productions Presents 4th Annual Event Celebrating Buffalo's Emerging Young Dramatists
by Kelsey Denette - May 09, 2013 Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will present its Fourth Annual Buffalo Young Writers (BYW) Night on Wednesday, May 15th at 7:00 pm at The Road Less Traveled Theater, located at 639 Main Street, in Downtown Buffalo's Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre (MAFAC). The evening will feature winners of ...
Photo Flash: First Look at Tim Flavin, Lizzy Cundy and More in West End's WAG! THE MUSICAL
by Christina Mancuso - July 24, 2013 Peter Frosdick Productions and Paul Nicholas present the West End premiere of WAG! The Musical, with Book by Belvedere Pashun and Music & Lyrics by Grant Martin, Thomas Giron-Towers and Tony Bayliss. The show will star Olivier Award-winner Tim Flavin and will feature a special guest appearance by Ar...
BWW Reviews: The Tenor's a Cinderella, the Mezzo's Charming and the Met's CENERENTOLA is a Dream
by Richard Sasanow - May 02, 2014 When the Met's production of LA CENERENTOLA, Rossini's version of the Cinderella story. arrives in movie theatres around the world next week, the star for many will be tenor Juan Diego Florez as the prince. But he didn't make it to the first three performances of the opera this season in New York--n... |